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Open for business: 4,600km cable connecting AU & SG goes live

Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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It's taken months of gruelling work and no shortage of investment, but the ASC is now live to present huge opportunities in APAC.
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Digital Realty lures in two new senior exec job appointments

Fri, 14th Sep 2018
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In another game of tech company musical chairs, Digital Realty has poached execs from Microsoft and Blue Shield to fill in its CIO and CISO roles.
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Teraco: Digital transformation will be defined by the race to the edge

Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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Edge computing is undoubtedly one of the buzzwords of choice within data centre circles at the moment – up there with AI, IoT, and gender imbalances.
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Data centre infrastructure revenue at all-time high – hybrid cloud the driver

Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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Dell EMC, Microsoft, HPE, and Cisco (among others) are all profiting from a burgeoning market that has no signs of slowing.
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Charles Meyers takes the reigns at Equinix – effective immediately

Thu, 13th Sep 2018
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Charles Meyers steps in as the new President and CEO of Equinix, succeeding interim CEO Peter Van Camp, to lead the company's next growth phase.
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Exclusive: Marseille is THE interconnection market to target says Interxion MD

Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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colocation
Marseille is Europe's fastest growing interconnection hub, driven by its location as the gateway between Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
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Flexential nearly doubles data center size with $32m expansion

Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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Flexential has nearly doubled its Portland data centre size with a USD $32m expansion, enhancing global connectivity and cutting-edge IT infrastructure.
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Colt DCS expanding London data centre & almost doubling power supply

Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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colocation
The company says the investment is simply to meet unrelenting demand, with the bulk of the expanded halls already claimed.
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Azure outage postmortem: Microsoft reveals what happened and why

Wed, 12th Sep 2018
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Headlines around the world have been shouting about Azure's outage - here's MIcrosoft's postmortem on the matter.
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Google continues renewable rampage with new wind farm investment

Tue, 11th Sep 2018
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power / energy
Google's goal with this Finland investment is to buy enough renewable energy to match the power consumed across its global operations.
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Dell domination – Global enterprise storage revenue surges 21.3%

Tue, 11th Sep 2018
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Rampant growth continues throughout the global enterprise storage market with Dell ahead of competitors HPE, NetApp, and IBM.
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Survey: Rising role of IT in physical security provides opportunities

Mon, 10th Sep 2018
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cybersecurity
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In addition to taking care of cybersecurity, IT departments are having to adapt to spearhead issues set forth by the physical security dept.
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US public cloud startup moves into Interxion's Amsterdam data centre

Sat, 8th Sep 2018
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The company is looking to utilise Interxion's facilities in Amsterdam to better serve its European customer base.
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Sunshine Coast connecting to Asia and the US with new submarine cable

Fri, 7th Sep 2018
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network infrastructure
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investment
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undersea cables
A $35m contract has been signed for a submarine cable connecting Australia's Sunshine Coast to Asia and the United States.
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JD Cloud and VSTECS to combine resources in effort to go global

Fri, 7th Sep 2018
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They have signed a strategic agreement to combine their resources, including the construction and operation of data centers.
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Facebook to launch first data center in Asia – a S$1.4b colossus

Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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facebook
The new data center will be located in Singapore and will be more than three times bigger than the nation's current largest facility.
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Hydro66 appoints new exec to support blockchain investments

Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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colocation
A new executive role has been created to support the company's ambitions to take advantage of the opportunities present in the blockchain markets.
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Downtime a crippling issue in APAC State of Wi-Fi Study

Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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uc
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network infrastructure
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wireless networks
Ruckus has released findings from its study of 1200 organizations in APAC who collectively have lost US$53m from downtime in the last 12 months.
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Xero 'brings small business platform to life' with string of updates

Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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martech
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commerce systems
Xero says the major new products and features are intended to enable owners and their advisors to build more efficient and profitable operations.
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Crayon banking on South-East Asia with new AI Center of Excellence

Thu, 6th Sep 2018
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microsoft
It will be the company's second AI research center aiming to bring huge innovation to the region, partnering with the existing facility in Norway.